Redwood City,
CA - August 13, 2003 - Beginning as early as Friday, August
15, Jefferson Avenue between Middlefield Road and Broadway will be reduced
to one lane in each direction, to allow for continuing relocation of utilities
and an underground storm water culvert. These lane closures are expected
to last for approximately two months, and will significantly impact the
traffic flow on Jefferson Avenue. Further, for the duration of the lane
closures there will be no on-street parking in front of the U.S. Post
Office. Drivers are urged instead to park in the Main Street Parking Lot
behind the Post Office, accessible from either Broadway or Main Street.

Appropriate signage
will be in place, and motorists are urged to consider alternate routes,
use extra caution when driving in the area, and to be aware of detours,
slow traffic, and construction equipment and crews. Pedestrians are also
urged to exercise additional caution in the area.

The City would like
to thank drivers, pedestrians, and businesses in the affected area for
their patience and understanding, and apologize for any inconvenience
that may occur.

This culvert relocation
is necessary so that excavation of Redwood City's underground garage,
and ultimately the retail/cinema project, may take place. The storm water
culvert construction in the Main Street parking lot behind City Hall and
the Post Office is largely complete, and most of the parking lot has been
re-opened for use. The alley between City Hall and the Post Office remains
temporarily closed, and a small area in the Main Street lot near Broadway
will remain barricaded where the future tie-in of the underground storm
water culvert will be completed in the fall.

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